I am NOT SMART sometimes.

You mothers will probably shake your heads as you read this, and think "How stupid can she be? I would NEVER let my child go to bed with a pen!

I did. I didn't want her to throw a fit at naptime because I took her pen. All she was doing with it was taking the cap on and off. I never realized I'd find THIS:

Yeah, the bedsheet turned into her canvas. My little artist. It is now soaking in OxyClean--who knows if that will work? Fortunately I have another sheet.

Not only did she scribble all over the bed, but an HOUR later, we could still hear that she was awake!! she never takes THAT long to get to sleep--guess she was a little preoccupied. So, we got her out, and staged this photoshoot: (and I can't remember why she was only in a diaper at this point...)

Tried to have her look up and smile at us, but you know how 1 yr. olds are...not too keen on posing or staying still for that matter!

I guess I'll be keeping all of the pens in the house under lock and key. Oh and do you see in the bottom left-hard corner of the picture above--the scratched paint on the crib? that was from Claire's teeth one day. Yep, she bit into it like a beaver. And to think she won't eat some of the YUMMY food I feed her, but she thoroughly enjoys woodchips and paint (she eats woodchips also, at the park)

I will be smarter next time. I promise.